re: The King Exists For Us, Not the Other Way Around!
One of our precious readers pointed out Rabbi Hirsch must have had the following Gemara in mind, Nedarim 24a:
לאו מלכא אנא דמהנינא לך ואת לא מהנינא לי.
One of our precious readers pointed out Rabbi Hirsch must have had the following Gemara in mind, Nedarim 24a:
לאו מלכא אנא דמהנינא לך ואת לא מהנינא לי.
החלק הנוגע לחיסון הקורונה פחות משכנע לע”ד, אבל אתן לקוראים להחליט…
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“Mashiach bloggers” and the like speak of a threatening singular world-embracing state heading our way.
Come on! Do they ever read the book of Daniel?
In “Toras Menachem” volume 7, p. 212-216, 223-225 Siman Alef (Hisvaadus Yat Kislev of the year 5713) the Lubavitcher Rebbe says one may not become a non-Chabad chassid. He likens regular Chassidus to following Beis Shamai after the halacha was decided in accordance with Beis Hillel.
So, if you respect the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s opinion, but cannot see your way clear to joining Chabad, it’s easy: don’t be Chassidic at all!
(Not sure the Mitteler Rebbe would agree, which is why Chabad didn’t publish one of his books (wherein he writes Chabad is a new path, unrelated to the Ba’al Shem Tov), but that’s for another time.)